Regarding UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan, the government has decided to extend the period of dispatching SDF personnel as local command personnel by one year until the end of May next year.
Regarding PKO peacekeeping operations in South Sudan, the UN Security Council has extended the period of operations by one year until March 15, next year.
Along with this, at the Cabinet meeting on the 20th, the government will extend the period of dispatching SDF personnel as logistical support personnel locally by one year until May 31st next year, including the preparation period for withdrawal. I decided.
The government has been dispatching HQ personnel since November 2011, and currently four SDF personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force are active in the field.
Self-defense officials have been dispatched to UN peacekeeping operations only in South Sudan, and the government has reported on the local situation, although there have been attacks by armed groups in rural areas, the capital city of Juba, where the headquarters is located, is basically. It is said that it is calm and the "Five Principles of PKO Participation" are maintained.